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Proposed California Bill SB-233 Mandates Bidirectional Charging for EVs to Advance Grid and Climate Protection

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The bill, SB-233 , aims to advance grid resilience and protect the climate by using EVs as “batteries on wheels,” tapping their stored energy to balance electricity supply and demand rather than bringing high-polluting peak generators online. All eyes on California With what is currently the largest EV marketplace in the U.S.,

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HyIron opens direct reduction plant for green iron

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The start-up of the pilot production at the Lingen site is a major milestone for us in bringing the “green iron” product to market maturity and establishing German technology worldwide. Instead of carbon dioxide, this technology produces only water vapor, which can be reused for hydrogen production.

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VERBIO begins production of biomethane from corn stover in Iowa; first-large scale plant in US

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The plant will generate biomethane from corn stover (maize straw), and is the first large-scale commercial plant in the US to use the technology developed by VERBIO. VERBIO’s technology produces RNG from pure cellulosic material, such as corn stover or wheat straw. This turns driving vehicles into a form of climate protection.

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Bremen orders five Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses with solid-state batteries

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This battery technology is also free of cobalt and therefore more environmentally friendly in the manufacture of the components. The all-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses which are now on order are part of the transport company’s climate protection strategy implemented last year.

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Haru Oni e-fuels demo plant in Chile officially opens

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The Chilean-German energy partnership launched in 2019 offers great potential to cooperate on climate protection and the indispensable transformation of the fuel industry. Siemens Energy is responsible for the plant design, technology integration, and supplies its electrolyzer and the wind turbine from Siemens Gamesa.

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BMW plant brings electrically heated ring hearth furnace into operation

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With its innovative power-to-heat technology, the hardening furnace came at an investment of approximately €7 million. As electric mobility ramps up, more and more components are being manufactured, including for electric drives. For the first time, chassis and drive component production in Plant 02.10 Plant 02.10

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Blackstone may begin commercializing 3D-printed Na-ion batteries as early as 2025; testing in electric bus

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Blackstone Technology GmbH may begin commercialization of 3D-printed solid-state sodium-ion batteries as early as 2025. This project is being funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection as part of its support for the battery cell manufacturing ecosystem with a total of up to €24.1

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